Laundry-bag.



No. 893,934. PATENTED JULY 21, 1.908.

` D. P. MOORE.

l LAUNDRY BAG.

APPLICATION FILED' JAN. 4, 1908.

2 SHEETS*SHBET 1.

PATEN'TED JULY 21, 1908.

D. P. MOORE.

LAUNDRY BAG.

APPLIOATI'ON FILED JAN. 4, 190s.

. z SHBBTS-SHBBT z.

gvwantoz wit" mou l I UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE i DAVID PELTON MOORE,OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGN OR TO H. KOEN- STAMM daCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

LAUNDRY-B AG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

ments in laundry bags, the main object, be-' ing the provision ofa-laundry wash bag, in

which is adalpted to be inserted laundry such as soiled col ars, cuffsand small articles, the said bag being provided with a peculiar form ofconcealed opening, which is quickly ma nipulated to insert or withdrawthe laundry, and which when concealed is practically closed so that thebag may-be thrown or tossed about particularly in a washing machine,without the necessity of tying the mouth or causing the contents to bespilled. To this end, I provide a bag having a mouth or opening at'oneside of the top, a flap of the same size as the body of the bag beingsecured to the body of the bag upon the mouths side thereof, andprovided with a similar sized mouth or opening in line with but to theother side ofthe first mentioned open ing; and thus this flap concealsand closes the main bag or rece tacles opening.

To more clear y illustrate the invention, attention is invited to theaccompanying drawings, in whichz Figure l is a view taken from theconcealing orclosing flap side of the bag, a portion of the flap beingcut away to show the main mouth or o ening. Fig. 2 is a similar viewwith a handpin the position it first assumes in o ening the bag. Fig. 3is a similar view sllaowing the two mouths in the position they assumewhen inserting anything. Fig. 4 is a section on line x-x, Fig. l. Fi 5is a section on line y--y, Fig. l, and Fig. 6 is plan view of thesupporting clasp.

Referring to the drawings :-The numeral l designates the main receptacleor bag which is made of a porous, yet tough material, so that the bagmay be tossed about in a washer without injury and so that the waterwill pass freely therethrough to cleanse the contents, and whichconsists of the two sheets a and t, forming the rear, and the singlesheet c, forming the front of the bag'. In the upper left hand corner ofthe front sheet c, I provide the main receptacle mouth or vopening 2,which is substantially one-half the width of the bag. Secured to thefront sheet c, and also to the entire bag, is what I term the closingand concealing flap 3, whose upper edge 4, is secured to the bag tocover and conceal the mouth 2, While its edges d, e and f, are securedto the bag, the upper edge as at 5, being provided with the opening ormouth 6, which is in line but to one side of the mouth 2, these twomouths being of the same length, approximately,

To act as a re-inforcement, and at the same time to rovide a meanswhereby the ba may be ung, I employ the pliable meta blank 6', lasclearly shown in Fig. 6, which is formed with the two T-shaped ends 7,connected by the stem 8, of the two ends, this stem being provided withtwo openings 9 and 9, which when the blank is bent to form the clasp asshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the openings will aline to receive anysupporting means, such as a hook or nail. In order to secure the claspto the upper central portion of the bag, so as to grasp all sheets ofthe bag, I employ two staples 10, which pass through the ends of theclasp and the bag.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itis evident that I provide a bag especially adapted for a laundry washbag, in as much as the opening or mouth to the main bag is readilyentered,

as clearly shown in Figs. 2, and 3, and when the bag is extended, asshown in Fig. 1, the said main mouth or opening is closed and con#cealed, so that the laundry contained in the bag is not readily spilled.

What I claim, as new, is

l. A bag or receptacle made of flexible fabric, and consisting of a mainbag having an opening or mouth at the top to one side thereof, and aconcealing and closing Hap secured to the bag and provided with anopening or mouth substantially the same in size as the opening in themain bag and in the top but to one side of the bags opening or mouth.

2. A bag or receptacle made of flexible fabric, and consisting of a mainbag provided with a mouth substantially one-half the width of the bag atits upper edge to one side of the center of the bag, and a Iiap securedto the bag to conceal and close said mouth and provided with a mouthadapted to aline with the other mouth when filling or unlling thebag butto be normally out of line therewit 3. A bag or receptacle made offlexible fabric, and consisting of a main bag having a mouth at the topto one side thereof, and a concealing and closing 'liap secured to saidbag and rovided with an opening out of line with sai bags mouth oropening, said fla s opening,` being` adapted to be alined with t e bagsopening when filling or unfilling the bag.

4. A bag` or receptacle made of flexible fabric, and consisting of amain bag composedl of a series of sheets of fabric, one of which isprovided with a mouth to one side of the bag, a fla secured to said lastmentioned sheet to c ose and conceal the mouth andy provided with anopening to one side of but on the same line with the lirst mentionedmouth7 and a sup orting and re-inforcing clasp attached to all) thesheets of the bag at a oint between the two mouths.

n testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID PELTON MOORE.

